By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Veteran’s Day will be here soon (Wednesday, Nov. 11), but how that will look at area school districts is still somewhat unsettled. Mahomet-Seymour is changing the look of its traditional Veteran’s Day ceremony, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but St. Joseph-Ogden, Oakwood and Heritage are […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com As Shawn Skinner looks at the landscape for teen-aged athletes, he sees a skewed picture. For the St. Joseph-Ogden High School football coach, it goes beyond the fact that neighboring states – and the majority of states in the country – are participating in their high […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com If there is music going on in the Heritage school district, and an accompanist is needed, then chances are Angie Ruwe is seated at the piano. “Since 1976 I have only missed two years of solo and ensemble contests,” Ruwe said. “In 1994, I was nine […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans placed third on Saturday (Oct. 17) – ahead of two schools ahead of them in the milesplit.com state rankings – in a seven-team girls’ cross-country meet at Lodge Park, in Monticello. Monticello (No. 1 in Class 1A) was the meet champion with 31 points, followed […]
By Fred Kroner The Spartans captured first place on Saturday (Oct. 17) in a star-studded seven-school boys’ cross-country meet at Monticello’s Lodge Park. The results are sure to shake up the state rankings. SJ-O (ranked 12th in Class 1A by milesplit.com) had a composite score of 47 points to win […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two of the Spartans’ four entries won matches in the Champaign Central Class 1A girls’ tennis sectional tournament which ended on Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Lindsay Courts. In singles, Hope Rajlich started the postseason with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over an entry from Mahomet-Seymour. Rajlich […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com The Heritage school district hit a milestone on Friday (Oct. 16). The first nine weeks of the 2020-21 school year have now been completed. For the Heritage district, which consists of 373 students and has schools in Broadlands and Homer, that translates into one-fourth of the […]
By Fred Kroner The Blue Devils had two top-10 placers on Tuesday (Oct. 13) in a five-school girls’ cross-country meet at Paxton. Lilli Montgomery claimed fourth place, registering a time of 22 minutes and 36 seconds in the 3-mile race. Teammate Emma Buesing finished ninth in 23:57. The team’s other […]
Zach Ruwe placed third individually for Villa Grove/Heritage in a five-team boys’ cross-country meet on Tuesday (Oct. 13) at Paxton. Ruwe’s 3-mile time was 17 minutes and 25 seconds. “Our high school team raced a day after completing the hardest week of training this season,” VG/Heritage coach Jim Kestner said. […]
Senior Zach Buesing carded rounds of 47 and 51 for an 18-hole total of 98 on Tuesday (Oct. 13) to finish in a tie for 61st in the Class 1A Tuscola IHSA Sectional boys’ golf tournament at Ironwood Golf Course. He was the lone Villa Grove/Heritage competitor. El Paso/Gridley won […]
